Location: Ettrick (Borders) - Ettrick Hall (no longer standing, was located top of Ettrick Water)Type: CurseDate / Time: 1700 onwardsFurther Comments: Legend has it that James Anderson demolished several cottages in order to clear space for the construction of the hall. Left homeless and penniless, the villagers cursed the building, saying that the structure would not stand for long. Indeed, all trace of the hall has long been removed.

Drifting Nun

Location: Fawkham Green (Kent) - Pennis LaneType: CurseDate / Time: Autumn (reoccurring)Further Comments: Appearing at dusk, the figure of a nun has been reported floating down this lane. Her skull is housed at Pennis Farm and it is said if the object is ever removed a great curse will befall the valley.

Friar's Curse

Location: Great Malvern (Hereford & Worcester) - Ragged Stone HillType: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Falling insane after penance took its toll, a friar cursed the church and anyone who stood in its shadow. Another tale reports it is the rock summit of Raggedstone Hill that casts the cursed shadow.

Craven's Curse

Location: Hamstead Marshall (Berkshire) - Morewood HouseType: CurseDate / Time: Still active in twentieth centuryFurther Comments: A curse placed on the Craven family by a pregnant servant girl who was kicked out of the household states that no earl will survive beyond their fifty-eighth year. The family sold the house to try to rid them of the ill fortune during the late twentieth century.

Drowning Curse

Location: Helston (Cornwall) - Loe PoolType: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: It is said that the body of water will take a life every seven years. There are also reports that a phantom ship is occasionally seen here.

Luck of Hintlesham

Location: Hintlesham (Suffolk) - Hintlesham HallType: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A cursed mannequin was once stored here - if removed, it was believed disaster would soon follow, and the owner would lose possession of the hall.

Dafydd

Location: Holywell (Clwyd) - Flacgnallt HallType: CurseDate / Time: Still present?Further Comments: The skull of Dafydd Prince of Wales is housed in a box at the hall. A curse is said to befall the owners of the building if it is ever removed from the property.

Glint of King Edmund's Spurs

Location: Hoxne (Suffolk) - Goldbrook BridgeType: CurseDate / Time: 870 onwardsFurther Comments: Discovered hiding under the bridge after the glint of his spurs attracted the attention of a pair of newly weds, Edmund was taken and beheaded. The glint is still seen, and it is considered unlucky for newly wedded couples to cross the bridge.

Howgill's Revenge

Location: Kendal (Cumbria) - Grayrigg Hall (no longer standing, though some of the original buildings used by a local farm)Type: CurseDate / Time: Seventeenth centuryFurther Comments: The hall's owner, Magistrate Duckett, sentenced the Quaker Howgill to spend time in Appleby prison. The Quaker cursed Duckett, saying his name would vanish from history and his house would be home to owls and jackdaws. Sure enough, Duckett's children died without bearing children of their own, and his home was reduced to rubble, used by only birds.

De Clinton Curse

Location: Kenilworth (Warwickshire) - Area around the former site of the abbey and the Church of St Mary (no longer standing)Type: CurseDate / Time: Ongoing?Further Comments: Geoffrey De Clinton promised that if anyone ever tried to take away the land around the church they would be cursed by God - a series of disasters befell many people and companies which tried to redevelop the land during the late twentieth century.

Dead Horse

Location: Kerris (Cornwall) - Kerris Roundago (Iron Age hill fort, no longer present)Type: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Several stones from the hill fort were taken to Penzance by horse, to repair the pier. Despite being healthy, the horses all died soon after.

Reappearing Skulls

Location: Lake Windermere (Cumbria) - Calgarth HallType: CurseDate / Time: Sixteenth century?Further Comments: Belonging to a married farming couple, the skulls came back to haunt the person who framed them for a crime that resulted in their execution. No matter how they were destroyed, the grinning skulls always returned to the hall, until the death of the man they cursed.

Luck of Eden

Location: Langwathby (Cumbria) - Eden Hall (aka Edenhall) Country Hotel and RestaurantType: CurseDate / Time: Still present (but in the Victoria and Albert museum)Further Comments: Stolen from fairies by a former butler, the fifteen centimetre tall cup was locked away deep within the house, before being moved to the V&A - a curse placed by the little folk in retaliation for the theft states that if the beaker breaks, so does the Eden Hall's luck. The hall is also reputedly haunted by an elderly lady, who may have been a maid, who has a habit of appearing as a reflection in a mirror.

Falling Branches

Location: Littlecote (Wiltshire) - Elm tree near the Manor House - current state unknownType: CurseDate / Time: Marks a death in the Popham familyFurther Comments: When a branch falls from a certain old elm tree near the manor house, a member of the Popham family (former owners of the house) is said to die. If the entire tree falls, a huge tragic event is believed to befall Littlecote.

Cursing Well

Location: Llanelian-yn-Rhos (Clwyd) - St Ellian's Well (no longer present)Type: CurseDate / Time: Late Nineteenth centuryFurther Comments: Destroyed by the local clergy, the well which once stood here was used to curse one's enemies. The hex could be reversed if the pebble dropped into waters by the giver of the curse could be found and removed from the well.

Cursed Stairwell

Location: Loch Nell (Argyll and Bute) - Loch Nell CastleType: CurseDate / Time: Still present?Further Comments: The staircase was made from a tree considered holy, and a series of disasters befell all those who were involved in cutting it down and moving to the building. The castle is also home to phantom music.

Mr Anderton

Location: Lostock (Lancashire) - Lostock HallType: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: An unscrupulous landowner, Anderton refused to take rent money owing to him so he could reclaim some land he wanted, at the cost of a family living there - he was cursed to haunt that particular area for his sins.

Unlucky Tree

Location: Lowther (Cumbria) - ParklandType: CurseDate / Time: Still presentFurther Comments: A tree is this park has its branches propped up - a legend says that if the branches ever touch the ground, ill fortune will befall the Lowther family.

Webb's Portrait

Location: Ludgershall (Wiltshire) - Biddesden HouseType: CurseDate / Time: Still presentFurther Comments: A portrait of General Webb was at one time thought to be cursed, with ill luck befalling anyone who removed it.

Workman

Location: Luton (Bedfordshire) - The Alma cinema (no longer standing)Type: CurseDate / Time: Pre 1960sFurther Comments: The Alma was thought to be cursed by locals who were forced to move from their homes so they could be demolished for the construction of the cinema. A construction worker fell to his death during the building work, and many felt that it was his ghostly presence that haunted The Alma.

Francis Downes

Location: Manchester (Lancashire) - Wardley HallType: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: This building is reported to have had a skull bricked up within its walls, to prevent it from accidentally being removed and condemning the house's occupiers to misfortune or death. The macabre relic is thought to belong to Edward Barlow, a Catholic executed by Protestants in 1640.

John Fothergill

Location: Market Harborough (Leicestershire) - Three Swans HotelType: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: The portrait of John Fothergill that hangs above the bar is no longer touched - if removed from its spot a disaster befalls the handler or hotel.

Lady Montague

Location: Midhurst (Sussex) - Ruins of Cowdray House & ParkType: CurseDate / Time: 1994Further Comments: This wraith walks the gardens surrounding what's left of this once great house - the building was once cursed by a prioress, after its owner ransacked the local priory.

Location: Morwenstow (Cornwall) - Stanbury ManorType: CurseDate / Time: Still present?Further Comments: The chest is supposed to contain an evil presence that moves furniture around. Two old women who owned the chest prior to its delivery at the Stanbury are said to have been struck deaf when they first opened it and released the spirit hidden inside.